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PROBABILITY, STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL METHODS

(Common to CSE, IT & CE)

Course Code: 13BM1103 L T P C

4 1 0 3
Pre requisites:
✤ Fundamentals of Set theory and calculus.
✤ Basic concepts of Probability and Discrete Random Variables.
Course Educational Objectives:
To acquaint students with the fundamental concepts of probability and
statistics and to develop an understanding of the role of statistics in
engineering. Also to introduce Numerical techniques to solve the real
world applications.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, the students should be able
to
✤ Calculate fundamental concepts such as the cumulative distribution
function, expectations, and distributions of random variables.
✤ Evaluate estimators, construct confidence intervals, and perform
hypothesis tests.
✤ Solve engineering problems using Numerical techniques.
UNIT-I (12 Lectures)
Review of basic concepts in Probability and Discrete Random variables,
Continuous Random variables - Probability density, Distribution.
Calculating probabilities from Probability density, Determining Mean and
Variance using Probability density, Normal Distribution- Density and
Properties. Calculating Normal Probabilities, Normal Approximation to
Binomial Distribution, Uniform Distribution.
(5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 of [1])

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UNIT-II (12 Lectures)

Population and sample, Sampling distribution of the mean(s known),
Central Limit theorem
( without Proof) and Problems, Sampling distribution of the mean(s
unknown), Point Estimation, Maximum error and determination of sample
size, Interval Estimation ( Large sample and small sample)
(6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1, 7.2 of [1])
UNIT-III (12 Lectures)
Tests of Hypotheses ( Introduction, Null hypotheses, Alternative
hypotheses, Type –I,II errors, Level of significance, Hypotheses concerning
one mean ( Large and Small samples), Inference concerning two means
( Large and Small samples), Paired t-test.
Estimation of Variances ( point and Interval estimation), Hypotheses
concerning one variance, Hypotheses concerning two variance, Estimation
of Proportions, Hypotheses concerning one Proportion, Hypotheses
concerning several Proportions.
(7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 of [1])
UNIT-IV (12 Lectures)
Introduction to Numerical Methods, Solution of algebraic and
transcendental equations-Bisection method, Method of false position
Newton’s method.
Finite differences-Forward differences Backward differences, Central
differences, Differences of a polynomial, Other Difference operators –
Shift operator, Average operator, Relations between the operators.
(28.1 to 28.3, 29.1 to 29.5 of Text book [2])
UNIT-V (12 Lectures)
Newton’s interpolation formulae- Newton’s forward interpolation formula
Newton’s backward interpolation formula, Interpolation with un equal
intervals: Lagrange interpolation, Divided differences, Newton’s divided
difference formula Difference formula, Inverse interpolation.
Numerical solutions of Ordinary differential equations: Euler’s Method,
Modified Euler’s Method, Runge-Kutta method of order 4.
(29.6, 29.9 - 29.13, 32.4, 32.5, 32.7 of Text book [2])
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TEXT BOOKS:
1. Richard A.Johnson, C.B.Gupta, “Miller. Freund’s Probability
and Statistics for Engineers”, Seventh edition, Pearson
education, 2005.
2. Dr.B.S.Grewal, “Higher Engineering Mathematics”, 42nd
Edition, Khanna Publishers, 2012.
REFERENCES:
1. S. S. Sastry, “Introductory Methods of Numerical Analysis”,
4th Edition, Prentice Hall India Pvt., Limited, 2005.
2. S.C. Gupta and V.K. Kapoor, “Fundamentals of
Mathematical Statistics”, Ninth Revised Edition , Sultan Chand
& Sons Educational Publishers, 2007.

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